Satoru Iwata Quotes

Businesswise, everything's been good.

We want to be the volume number one, but also we want to have 8 percent in operating profit.

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.

My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

We are out-of-the-gates strong in fiscal 2015. We grew revenue 8% in the first quarter and exceeded our QuickBooks Online subscriber and our company financial targets.

It's not about market share. If you have a successful company, you will get your market share. But to get a successful company, what do you have to have? The same metrics of success that your customer does.

Our planes should be full, which among other things means we have a golden opportunity... to build on the momentum reflected in the financial results we are reporting today.

Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.

Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.

Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year.

Strauss Group continues to strengthen its future growth engines, improve the company's competitive position, and increase market share, while continuing streamlining processes, improvements, and carrying out organizational adjustments in the company.

In 1992, we did $1.1 billion in revenues. In the first nine months of 1993, we did just under $1.2 billion.

Our progress isn't just limited to the operation. Financially, we have been performing well. United's 2015 earnings were one of the best in the company's history, and we made significant progress shrinking the margin gap with our closest competitors, strengthening our balance sheet, and returning significant cash to shareholders.

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good.

By getting into distribution and production, I am actually widening my base.

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

Business is Business.

I truly believe that the combination of a strong top line together with a strong bottom line is what makes for a sustainable business.

Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.

If you look at the numbers from 2002 to 2016, we have consistently been market leaders. We have followed a well-articulated strategy, and our focus is to continue that strategy.

Market share is key.

We are trying to build large, lasting businesses.

If you have a business that isn't growing the top line, it's very hard to deliver attractive returns to shareholders.

Our continued investment in productivity will add to our margins, and you'll see that reflected in the bottom line earnings.